Student teams from Kazan made it to the next stage of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the fields of "electric power engineering" and "thermal power engineering" was held at the site of Kazan State Energy University.

This is an international competition system for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young professionals. The organizers are the Reliable Change Foundation, the non-profit partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, AstraLogica LLC and the presidential platform Russia — the Land of Opportunities.

The Student League consists of qualifying stages held at university sites, semi-final stages and the final.

Every year, the event is dedicated to a specific topic. This year, these are the technologies of the future.

According to Yulia Zatsarinna, Associate Professor of the V.K.Shibanov Electric Power Plants Department, the initiators of the CASE-IN at KGEU were three students: Azat Chebotarev, Rishat Saubanov and Kamil Danilin. It was they who presented their project for the first time 12 years ago and proposed it to the university administration. The initiators themselves also participated in the championship and even reached the finals.

Within the walls of the KGEU, the cases of the CASE-IN championship are solved in two areas: electric power and thermal energy. This year, 30 teams from several universities of the Volga Federal District are participating in the championship, including 23 teams from KGEU. The experts were employees of JSC "Network Company" – Evgeny Evgeniev, head of the sector for calculating the parameters of RPA devices of the relay protection and automation service of the Central Control System, and Evgeny Alexandrov, Head of the ODS Central Control System.

"Our university joined the CASE-IN championship 12 years ago. The case turned out to be in demand because leading energy companies are showing great interest in it. This is a professional championship that solves serious problems. I would like to wish everyone not to be afraid, to think, to launch new innovative projects. Our university is always ready for innovations and innovations." – said Alexander Leontiev, the first vice-rector of KGEU. He wished the participants of the drive extraordinary professional solutions and success.

The founder of the CASE-IN championship, Artyom Korolev, emphasized that this is not just a competition. This is an ecosystem of engineering personnel, which is the basis for the formation of a personnel reserve in key energy and industrial sectors.

"Solving a case does not look like solving an ordinary problem. Here you can take a fresh look at the current situation and offer your vision of future technologies. May each of you find knowledge, experience, inspiration and new like–minded people here!" he said.

As a result, representatives of Kazan State Power Engineering University took the entire podium in the field of "Electric Power Industry". The first place was won by the KGEU Neutron Jr. team, the bronze went to the KGEU Crown Category team, and the third place was taken by the KGEU Energoprov 2.0 team.

In the field of Thermal Power engineering, the first place was also won by a team from Kazan State Power Engineering University "CHND". The team of Gazovichki from Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering took the third place. The Navy Seals team from Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering is in third position.

The final of the main season of the Student League will be held in Moscow from May 20 to May 22, 2026.

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